Isabel Kershner is a journalist and author who began reporting from
Jerusalem for The New York Times in 2007.
Previously, Kershner was Senior Editor, Middle East, The Jerusalem
Report magazine. She has also written for The New Republic and
provided commentary on Middle East affairs on radio, including the
BBC.

Contents

1 Personal
2 Bias accusations
3 Bibliography
4 Notes

Personal[edit]
Kershner was born in Manchester, England.[1] In April 1992 she married
author Hirsh Goodman, a fellow immigrant to Israel; they have two
children, Gavriel and Lev.[2]
Bias accusations[edit]
Kershner has been accused of pro-Israel bias in her coverage[3] and
her hiring to report on Israeli-Palestinian issues has been denounced
as conflict of interest since her son has served in the IDF in recent
years[4] and her husband, Hirsh Goodman, is an employee at an
organization that works to promote a better image of Israel.[5]
Kershner has been a featured speaker in the Israel Hasbara
Committee.[6] Her reporting has been denounced by the progressive
media watch Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting for paying
disproportionate attention to killings of Israeli soldiers at the
expense of Arabs and Iranians,[7] omitting Israeli violations of
ceasefires with Hamas, the biggest Gaza militia,[8] and falsely
presenting such violations as merely reactions to the actions of
Palestinians,[9] and giving free rein for anonymous Israeli sources to
defame Palestinian hunger strikes in Israeli prisons as
terrorists.[10]
Kershner has also been accused of anti-Israel bias in her coverage of
the Palestinian-Israeli conflict by the Committee for Accuracy in
Middle East Reporting in America, a pro-Israel media outfit with a
record of improperly manipulating content on, for allegedly
downplaying Palestinian terrorism,[11] covering up incitement to
violence by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas[12] and promoting
anti-Israel bias using the journalism technique of "first-last
reporting".[13]
Bibliography[edit]